Over their four-game slide, the Celtics had been outscored by 19.7 points per
game and allowed their opponents to register 104.5 points a contest while
only holding them to a 50.5 percent clip from the floor.

It was a different story for the defense in this one.

Indiana, which had won 9-of-11 coming in, shot just 31.8 percent (27-of-85)
from the field. David West and Paul George shot a combined 8-of-36 from the
floor.